City man wanted in 2 stabbings

Police are searching for a city man who they say stabbed his girlfriend and another man on Smith Street late Thursday night.

Gerry Tuoti, Staff Writer

Police are searching for a city man who they say stabbed his girlfriend and another man on Smith Street late Thursday night.
Police took out an arrest warrant for Oneil Rivera, 20, of Somerset Avenue, charging him with attempted murder.
Taunton District Court issued the warrant at about 4 p.m. Friday.
Rivera’s girlfriend, Desiree DeJesus, 20, of Winthrop Street, was reportedly stabbed in the throat around 11 p.m. Thursday. She required several stitches across the neck and was treated and released from Morton Hospital and Medical Center.
Another stabbing victim, Daylon Texeira, 18, of Oak Street, was also treated and released from Morton.
Rivera has a number of open cases pending in Taunton District Court.
He is the older brother of Odeysis “Popo” Rivera, a 14-year-old Mulcahey Middle School student who was tragically killed last June when he was hit by a car on Lawton Avenue. The driver has never been identified.

gtuoti@tauntongazette.com

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